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Google is launching Offerwall, A new tool for publishers/websites to paywall their content. (blog.google)
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collapsed inline mediaPaywall in action.

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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 71 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Let me guess: There are ways for Google's scraping, search engine, and AI model training to bypass this.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago

My first thought.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 8 points 4 days ago

And hopefully ad blockers too.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That or if Google hosts the service, they will just charge you a nominal fee. So the user will put the money in the basket or else they scrape the content again.